neotragus

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A genus of pygmy antelopes of Africa; the steinboks. It includes the smallest representatives of the group, as the common steinbok (N. tragulus), the gray steinbok (N. melalnotos), and the madoqua (N. madoqua). The genus was established by Hamilton Smith. It has been used with different limits, and Nesotragus is synonymous.